NEW DELHI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- India's federal fiscal deficit in the first half of the financial year through September rose to 6.20 trillion rupees (74.91 billion U.S. dollars), officials said Monday.
According to data released by the federal finance ministry's Controller General of Accounts, the government's fiscal deficit during the period of April-September 2022 touched 37.3 percent of annual estimates, widening from 35 percent for the corresponding period of the previous year.
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